Now in its 22nd year, the New Ventures BC Competition, presented by Innovate BC, is back and searching for BC’s best new tech startups. BC’s largest and longest-running tech competition is known for identifying and propelling forward the province’s most quickly-rising startups. MintList (Traffic Driven), Train Fitness, and Moment Energy have gone on to raise a combined $6.5 […]
VFS Partners with The Coalition & Blackbird Interactive for ‘Women in Game Design’ Scholarship
Game developers recognize that 44% of their customers are female and that equity in the gaming workspace should be a priority. The best way to bring about this change is by having more women build games in the industry. Therefore, Vancouver Film School has partnered with The Coalition, Blackbird Interactive, and A Thinking Ape to […]
Life Sciences BC To Host Invest in the West This Week
Life Sciences British Columbia has announced the companies presenting at the first annual Invest in the West showcase on March 10th. Presented by Amplitude Ventures, this virtual conference showcases a broad range of investor-ready life sciences companies from the Western Canada healthcare innovation ecosystem. The companies, who are seeking investors and strategic partners, have been […]
Accelerate Okanagan Names Finalists For OKGN Angel Summit Finale
Accelerate Okanagan’s OKGN Angel Summit has chosen its 2022 finalists. This year, 32 investors are participating, creating a $150,000 investment fund. These angel investors have been busy meeting week-over-week since the beginning of January to listen to pitches, meet with the founders, perform due diligence and select the top 6 that will pitch live at […]
ECOMsquare Hosts Happy Hour This Week
Vancouver’s much anticipated purpose-built coworking space for ecommerce brands is open for business and they want to get to know you. ECOMsquare is hosting a Happy Hour on Friday, February 25th. Join them for food and drinks with loads of chatter and mingling alongside Vancouver’s ecommerce operators, owners and enthusiasts. Launched by the ecommerce experts […]
Innovate BC and NRC IRAP Invest In B.C. Businesses Through BC Fast Pilot Program
Innovate BC and the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) are providing a combined total of over $2 million in research and development funding to help 14 companies pilot their technologies and create new jobs across B.C. The program helps small and medium sized businesses design, build, and operate a […]
KPU Adds Video Game Development, Visual FX and Animation Programs
British Columbia is already home to the world’s largest animation and visual effects cluster, accounting for more than 70,000 full time equivalent jobs and more than $3 billion in annual income, and it is expected to continue growing, according the BC Chamber of Commerce. Opportunities to learn the skills needed to enter the video game development, […]
Finalists Announced for 2022 BC Cleantech Awards
The finalists for the 2022 BC Cleantech Awards have been announced. Chosen from more than 140 nominations, these individuals and organizations reflect the best of BC cleantech. The BC Cleantech Awards ceremony is a hybrid event, with finalists and program partners gathering in downtown Vancouver, and everyone in the broader cleantech community invited to join […]
Accelerate Okanagan Hosts 4th Annual OKGN Angel Summit
Accelerate Okanagan’s OKGN Angel Summit is back for its fourth year. The annual event is making moves to unlock capital for companies in Western Canada and expose Okanagan-based investors to the world of angel investing. On March 16th, at a virtually-hosted public Finale, the remaining six companies will make their final pitch for their chance […]
UBC’s HATCH Venture Builder Announces 14 New Startups
Early-stage venture creation is critical to the success of our ecosystem: when new startups are able to thrive, the whole community flourishes. The deep tech and research-based ventures we see today through entrepreneurship@UBC and the HATCH Venture Builder are indicative of this, and of the emerging industries – and leaders – that will shape our […]